Given the timeline, the club is hopeful Balfour will be available in time for
Opening Day.

Balfour experienced some knee soreness near the end of 2012, a season in which
he went 3-2 with a team-leading 24 saves and a 2.53 ERA. The right-hander
wasn't worried because the soreness went away during the offseason, but an MRI
exam revealed the tear.